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Weight during hot weather
Hollisamara
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I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow, but I'm just wondering... It's been really hot here in the UK, we reached 31 degrees today, I have done nothing but sweat ALL day! I've been drinking a lot more too. Question is, am I more likely to retain water during this heatwave because I might be slightly dehydrated? Or will it be the opposite as I am sweating so much?
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I would really like to know the answer to this too. I did notice my weight rose a little in the hot weather, but it could have been for any number of reasons.0
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If you're sweating a lot, but also staying hydrated, I'd assume they'd be balancing each other out.
I personally have never noticed a difference in my weight when it's hot out.0 -
It might be a matter of chemistry. I have noticed changes. Heat and humidity always give me temporary and small gains. Nothing to get upset over, but it still doesn't make me very happy.
I think drinking a little more water than normal is key to minimizing this. I've had better luck with it recently and I just moved 10 miles away from the Mississippi River in an area notorious for heat.0 -
I swell up like a balloon in the heat. I'm carrying about five extra pounds of water right now0
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It has been really hot here, and i have only taken off less then a pound in the last 2 weeks, while at a greater calorie deficit. Read somewhere (do not know if it is true) that the body holds on to more water during heat in anticipating of needing more for future sweating.0
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This definitely varies person to person, but I was in a very hot climate (105 degrees F) for 4 days, and my weight was 180 lbs the whole time.
I came back to 70-75 degree F weather, which is what I'm used to, and when I woke up the next morning I was 174 lbs. So, you could be easily retaining 5-10 lbs of water weight depending on how your body individually reacts.
I also have zero appetite when it's hot out, but that's a whole different story.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »Sorry, I had to laugh just a little at 31 degrees being hot.
I haven't noticed any difference.
31 Celsius. That's hot for the UK!0 -
I think it all depends on your body. When the weather turns hot, I tend to retain water weight - about 8 lbs. When the weather cools down - off they come. I call it the fall run-off. It's tough to see that big of gain on the scale - but it is what it is.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »Sorry, I had to laugh just a little at 31 degrees being hot.
I haven't noticed any difference.
It's fine if you have air con and trains that don't stop cos it's too hot and they're scared the tracks will buckle
England - where the temperate weather scares national businesses and people are happy because they can complain about the weather again
Gotta love it0 -
I wouldn't worry about it one way or another. A pound up or down means nothing. Happens every day to me as I take on water. In the morning, it is gone.0
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the bigger question is, why does it matter? why do so many people do all of this hand wringing over water weight which is always going to be a variable that fluctuates due to any number of factors that are out of one's control?0
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DawnieB1977 wrote: »
31 Celsius. That's hot for the UK!
Yep. My Scottish ancestry has not prepared me for this.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »I know it's Celsius. I still laughed.
yeah, that's downright pleasant...0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »Sorry, I had to laugh just a little at 31 degrees being hot.
I haven't noticed any difference.
ha, agree, 110 here some days0 -
"Phew, Whatta Scorcher!" on the front page of The Sun?
It's fine if you have air con and trains that don't stop cos it's too hot and they're scared the tracks will buckle
England - where the temperate weather scares national businesses and people are happy because they can complain about the weather again
Gotta love it
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You're doing great. Don't worry about the water weight fluctuations. As long as you know you've been spot on with your nutrition program--including drinking all of the water you should be drinking--and your training, then you've done all you can to counterbalance the heat and any potential water-related weight increase. Personally, I've never noticed weight gain during hot weather.0
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seeing as most of us live and work indoors- in cooled and heated homes and businesses, I don't think the outside temps would affect overall weight
now, if you work outdoors, I could see it affecting it possibly.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »The OP might be in the north of the UK where it's a bit cooler.
Here in London it was 37 degrees Celsius (around 99 f) !
Not many places in the UK have Air conditioning either.0 -
That's basically an average summer day here.ExRelaySprinter wrote: »The OP might be in the north of the UK where it's a bit cooler.
Here in London it was 37 degrees Celsius (around 99 f) !
I'm sure it feels hot to people who aren't used to such things, though.
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I don't know how you can take it.
It's horrible! Lol0 -
I've played (American) football in that weather. It's the cold I don't take well.ExRelaySprinter wrote: »I don't know how you can take it.
It's horrible! Lol
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Wow, i take my hat off to you. I couldn't even Powerwalk in that heat today. LolDeguelloTex wrote: »I've played (American) football in that weather. It's the cold I don't take well.
The thing with me is, i don't like Weather extremes...too much heat (like today) or when it Snows.
Anything in between i'm fine with!0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »Sorry, I had to laugh just a little at 31 degrees being hot.
I haven't noticed any difference.
Me too. They even had a segment here on the news last night of Brits complaining about the "heatwave"...
31 degrees is a pleasant spring day here in Australia.
On the other hand, I'm sure a lot of Aussies would shrivel up and die if we had to experience Britain's bitter cold winters. It was 5 degrees Celsius when I got up this morning, and it was almost unbearable
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It can get over 100 degrees in Michigan. The only thing that I detest is the sweating. I do retain a lot of water when it is hot out. You can give us a little tiny bit of that heat, if you like! It's July and only 68 degrees
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It's 5:30 pm and 105F here. This is why I belong to a gym.
As far as weighing, I try to weigh myself first thing in the morning, right after I go to the bathroom and have been in decent temperatures all night. That way food and rehydrating don't have much influence either way. I can't see the heat having too much impact at that point, unless your body is stressed in general, and then I could see retaining a little water.
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Oh bloody el, I spend enough time converting ounces, pounds, inches and miles. Now I have to add Celsius/Fahrenheit to that list :grumble: xx 0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »That's basically an average summer day here.
I'm sure it feels hot to people who aren't used to such things, though.
I'm assuming you're in Texas? We're not prepared for either really hot or really cold weather here. We don't have air con in most places. I teach, and my school has a massive space in the middle with a plastic roof ffs. It's like a greenhouse. There's no air conditioning at all. I live in the south east, so it was about 35 degrees yesterday. Imagine being in a greenhouse with over 1000 kids.0 -
DawnieB1977 wrote: »
I'm assuming you're in Texas? We're not prepared for either really hot or really cold weather here. We don't have air con in most places. I teach, and my school has a massive space in the middle with a plastic roof ffs. It's like a greenhouse. There's no air conditioning at all. I live in the south east, so it was about 35 degrees yesterday. Imagine being in a greenhouse with over 1000 kids.
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